Xeon E-2246G vs i5-8550

Primary details

Comparing Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated879
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data33.17
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesIntel Core i5Intel Xeon E
Power efficiencyno data10.25
Architecture codenameCoffee Lake (2017−2019)Coffee Lake-S WS (2018−2019)
Release date1 September 2018 (6 years ago)29 May 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$311

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads612
Base clock speed3 GHz3.6 GHz
Boost clock speed4.3 GHz4.8 GHz
Bus typeDMI 3.0DMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplierno data36
L1 cache64K (per core)64 KB (per core)
L2 cache256K (per core)256 KB (per core)
L3 cache9 MB (shared)12 MB (shared)
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size126 mm2154 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °Cno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket1151FCLGA1151
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+

Security technologies

Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
MPX-+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® ME
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G are enumerated here.

VT-d++
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-2666
Maximum memory size64 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
Compare
Intel UHD Graphics 630Intel UHD Graphics P630
Max video memoryno data128 GB
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Videono data+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.2 GHz
InTru 3Dno data+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data3

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

4K resolution supportno data+
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096x2160@24Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over VGAno dataN/A

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanesno data16

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 3.09 6.40
Recency 1 September 2018 29 May 2019
Threads 6 12
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 80 Watt

i5-8550 has 23.1% lower power consumption.

Xeon E-2246G, on the other hand, has 107.1% faster integrated GPU, an age advantage of 8 months, and 100% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Core i5-8550 and Xeon E-2246G. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core i5-8550 is a desktop processor while Xeon E-2246G is a server/workstation one.


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